Salt Lake Times | 1890-12-11 | Page 9 | Matters in Eastern Nevada

Matters In astsra Nevada, Virginia Knterprlse. Parlies who have recently visited eastern Nevada say the people out that way are actively engaged in prospecting. pros-pecting. Just as many men are at work as before the railway stopped work. At Pioche the furnace is running run-ning nicely. It turns out 110 to 115 bars of bullion each 24 hours. These average about 111) pounds each, or something over six tons of bullion, in the aggregate per day. It is proposed to put up two or three more smelters this winter and get all in blast, and they have plenty of ore to keep all of them ninnintr A lit-rra nnmlian r.t teams are employed hauling ore from three mines at Jack Kabbit, 14 miles distant.and the 1'ioche Con. company has been advertising for teams, and has sent to Cedar City and Para wan -for teams to haul bullion to Milford coke and other supplies back to Pioche, and to haul wood, charcoal and ore to the smelter, and they still want teams. The merchants at Pioche havo been buying hay and grain freely, and all tho people there feel well over the situation, and they all look for pios-peroua pios-peroua times next season.